I am a retired trial lawyer now writing about "vintage travels." My stories have received awards from the Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference, from Travelers Tales and from Bradt Travel Guides. My debut book "Eat the Wind: Travels With Dictators, Mercenaries and Queens" -- being published by TorchFlame Books on September 15, 2026 -- is a time capsule of distinctive, analog adventures before the internet changed the world of travel.